Aunou-sur-Orne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Alençon |
Canton: | Sées |
Insee: | 61015 |
Postal Code: | 61500 |
Mayor: | Laurence Lubrun[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Sources Orne |
Coordinates: | 48.6122°N 0.2306°W |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Elevation Min M: | 171 |
Elevation Max M: | 233 |
Area Km2: | 18.04 |
Aunou-sur-Orne (in French pronounced as /onu syʁ ɔʁn/, literally Aunou on Orne) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Aunou-sur-Orne along with another 70 communes is part of a 20,593 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents.[2]
In 1811 Aunou-sur-Orne absorbed the neighbouring commune of Saint-Cenery-près-Séez (sometimes spelled Saint-Cénery-près-Sées or Saint-Céneri-près-Sées).
Nicolas-Jacques Conté (4 August 1755 – 6 December 1805) was a French painter, balloonist, army officer, and inventor of the modern pencil. He was born at Saint-Céneri-près-Sées.